''Gloria'' is a 1977 French
drama film
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directed by
Claude Autant-Lara
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Biography
Born at Luzarches in Val-d'Oise, Autant-Lara was educated in France and at London's Mill Hill Sc ...
and starring
Nicole Maurey
Nicole Maurey (20 December 1925 – 11 March 2016) was a French actress, who appeared in 65 film and television productions between 1945 and 1997.
Life and career
Born in Bois-Colombes, a northwestern suburb of Paris, Maurey was originally ...
,
Maurice Biraud
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and
Andrée Tainsy
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. The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...
Max Douy
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Selected filmography
* '' The Rules of the Game'' (1939)
* '' There's No Tomorrow'' (1939)
* ''The Trump Card'' (1942)
* ''Goodbye Leonard'' (1943)
* '' Paris Frill ...
. It was the director Autant-Lara's last film after a lengthy career in cinema and he turned to
politics
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soon afterwards.
[Oscherwitz & Higgins p.32]
Cast
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Valérie Jeannet as Gloria Laurier
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Sophie Grimaldi as Florence Laurier
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Nicole Maurey
Nicole Maurey (20 December 1925 – 11 March 2016) was a French actress, who appeared in 65 film and television productions between 1945 and 1997.
Life and career
Born in Bois-Colombes, a northwestern suburb of Paris, Maurey was originally ...
as Alice de Clermont
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Maurice Biraud
Maurice Biraud (3 March 1922 – 24 December 1982) was a French film actor. He appeared in 90 films between 1951 and 1982. Biraud was born on 3 March 1922 in Paris. He married actress Françoise Soulié in 1956. He died on 24 December 1982 i ...
as Stéphane Perreau
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Andrée Tainsy
Andrée Micheline Ghislaine Tainsy (26 April 1911 – 19 December 2004) was a Belgian actress. She worked with several notable actors like Philippe Noiret, Jean Louis Trintignant, Charlotte Rampling and famous directors like Claude Chabrol, Cos ...
as Estelle - la gouvernante
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Dorothée Jemma
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Biography
Her father, Jean-Louis Jemma, is best known for the dub voice of Zorro
Z ...
as Lili Clape
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Alain Marcel
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as Jacques
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Jean-Luc Boisserie as Jacques enfant
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Grégoire Aslan
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Early life
Krikor Kaloust Aslanian ( hy, Գրիգոր Գալուստի Ասլանյան) was born in Switzerland or in Co ...
as Le patron du cabaret
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Christian Alers as Le docteur
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Robert Dalban
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as L'aboyeur
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Jean Martinelli
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as Le grand-père de Jacques
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Valérie Mokhazni as Gloria Laurier enfant
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Pierre Zimmer
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as Hervé de Clermont
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Jean Lanier
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* J ...
as Le colonel
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Jean Vinci
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* J ...
as L'invité
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André Gaillard
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as Le présentateur du cabaret
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Antoine Marin as L'impresario
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Raymond Loyer
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as Le chauffeur d'Alice
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René Havard
René Havard (20 December 1923 – 7 December 1987) was a French film actor. He appeared in 80 films between 1946 and 1985. He was born and died in Paris, France.
Selected filmography
* ''That's Not the Way to Die'' (1946) - L'assistant
* ...
as Le chauffeur de taxi qui a fait la Marne
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Marcel Azzola
Marcel Azzola (10 July 1927 – 21 January 2019) was a French accordionist.
He performed with Stan Getz and Jacques Brel, among others. The famous line "" ("Heat up, Marcel") in Brel's song "Vésoul" refers to Azzola, who played the accordion d ...
as Un accordéoniste
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Joss Baselli as Un accordéoniste
References
Bibliography
* Oscherwitz, Dayna & Higgins, MaryEllen. ''The A to Z of French Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links
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1977 films
French drama films
1977 drama films
1970s French-language films
Gaumont Film Company films
Films directed by Claude Autant-Lara
Films based on French novels
Films set in the 1900s
French historical films
1970s historical films
1970s French films
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